Ikigai

All flights cancelled. Somewhere in the world, an industrial-sized drone is being operated by a human being—8 years old, 18 years experience in world politics—who knows who it is. And in the meantime, 119,000 people are put out of a flight during the holidays.Shit, am I a travel blogger or a CNN journalist? What was originally intended as a personal getaway with a friend who happened...

A couple weeks ago I reunited with a large contingent of my Remote Year Ikigai friends as we celebrated the wedding of one of the couples from our crew (congrats to Todd and Rebeca!). Seventeen of us stayed together at the loveliest cottages in rural Washington. That Saturday morning, I woke up before the rest […]

To me, summer means turning off technology and reading in the sunshine instead. Whether it’s at a park, on the dock, in a hammock, by the beach or sitting on a patio with a crisp glass of rosé, one of my favourite ways to spend the summer is with my nose in a book. With that in mind, here are ten of the most memorable books that...